New Yorkers chose Democrat Eric Adams, a former New York Police Department captain, to become the city's second Black Mayor in a landslide election.

Eric Adams elected as New York City's African-American mayor

Zaila Avant-garde is unaffected by stress, whether dribbling a basketball or identifying obscure Latin or Greek origins. She is now the first African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee in its 96-year existence.

Zaila Avant-garde becomes first African-American to win Spelling Bee

Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, is annually observed on June 19 to commemorate the day when the Confederate states, in 1865, surrendered to end the Civil War and African-Americans were informed about their long-due freedom.

Juneteenth: The African-American community's fight for its rights

US Vice President Kamala Harris honoured Black history makers by calling them 'visionaries' and 'innovators' during a Black History Month event on Saturday. Harris, is the first female, Black Vice President of the US of Asian origin.

'They are and were visionaries': Kamala Harris speaks at Black History Month event

Wilton Gregory became the first African-American cardinal which is Catholic churches highest governing body.

Pope Francis names Wilton Gregory 1st African-American cardinal

It is high time the United States of America is pulled up for racial discrimination because prejudice, racial attacks, criminalisation of the black population has been a reality in the US for centuries.

Racism haunts America as African-Americans struggle for equality

According to a US government study, facial recognition systems can produce inaccurate results, especially for non-whites. The study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) identified "false positives rates" for Asian and African American.

Racial bias found in facial recognition tools: US government study

'My hope is that we will work together and we would take the opportunity afforded by this great tragedy to build together a better Dallas'

Police and African-American community unite in Dallas after shooting